subject: The Good, The Bad And The Scams [print this page] The Internet is chock full of Home based business opportunities and you see them just about everywhere you go, not to mention the emails you may receive. They promise big rewards for little to no effort or investment. If there is anything life should teach you it is that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.
Here are a few things to look for when you get those business opportunity emails or offers.
First and foremost, again, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. An offer saying you can make $5,000 a week for an hour of work each day is insane and you should really look at that as being a big scam. This is especially true if you have to send of money to get all the information you'll need to start your own thing and make all that awesome money.
Which brings us to another point. Never, ever pay someone else so you can make money or to work for/with them.
This is how it works:
1)You pay for a short e-book on how to make all this money in some business opportunity.
2)You get the e-book and read it only to find out that it's all about how you can get other people to buy the same e-book from you.
3)You are now in a pyramid scheme and this is a very common "business opportunity."
In the end, you normally lose out on the deal because there will be a lot of other people out there selling the same thing, in the same way and it quickly becomes a known scam.
Oh, and the testimonials, anyone can grab a picture from a stock set of images, put it on a website and make up a quote and name to say how awesome the product was. If you see a testimonial on a website about how much money they make from the product, get the person's phone number and address and try to call them. Odds are, they don't exist.
So how can you tell a good business opportunity from a bad or scam one? Well, that is a tricky one because the scam one models themselves after are very similar to the legitimate opportunities.
What are some things you can look for in a business opportunity to see if it's for real?
1)Contact information other than an email. If there is a phone number or an established customer support system, you may be on the right track. Scams won't be there to help you at all.
2)Do a search for the same exact opportunity, if you find a few of the same exact thing in other places with slightly different names, you've found a scam.
3)Unsolicited emails are a total scam, delete them or, better yet, unsubscribe from the feed.
4)Do a search online for the program and see who has posted stories about their experiences in different places. It's hard for one person to post all over the web about how great their service or product is but people who had problems will post everywhere.
